Concerto for Two Violins (Bach)
The Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto, is a violin concerto of the Late Baroque era, which Johann Sebastian Bach composed around 1730. It is one of the composer's most successful works.
Herman Krebbers, Willem van Otterloo and Theo Olof [nl; fr] before the Concertgebouw Orchestra (1958): in 1952 they had recorded Bach's Double Concerto.
Jelly d'Arányi often played Bach's Double Concerto at the London Proms.
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin and instrumental ensemble. Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire.
David Oistrakh playing a violin concerto, 1960